TV series · 2023 · Running
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
Household names endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of "no guts, no glory" – and no glam.
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Season 110 episodes · 2023
- 01 Test of Character Thu 5 Jan 2023 Sixteen celebrities face challenges from the playbook of the Special Forces selection process.
- 02 Weakness Thu 5 Jan 2023 Sixteen celebrities face challenges from the playbook of the Special Forces selection process.
- 03 Mindset Thu 12 Jan 2023 The recruits face an emergency escape drill; tensions rise as the recruits confront each other.
- 04 Trust Thu 19 Jan 2023 The celebrity recruits must have trust in each other and in their leaders in order to survive; each recruit must rely on another to break their fall from a skyscraping cliff.
- 05 Pressure Thu 26 Jan 2023 The remaining celebrity recruits reach the halfway point in their 10-day journey, and the tasks are only getting harder; the recruits face a skyscraping tactical repel and a high-pressure simulation that puts one recruit over the edge.
- 06 Fear Thu 2 Feb 2023 The celebrity recruits learn a valuable lesson in using fear to inform and help, rather than allowing it to overpower their thoughts; a pole crossing challenge and a fire run.
- 07 Resilience Thu 9 Feb 2023 The DS test the remaining recruits with a chemical warfare challenge; celebrity contestants reveal their personal stories that led them to signing up for the show.
- 08 Courage Thu 16 Feb 2023 The recruits find themselves back in the water with one of the most physically challenging tests thus far; as the group forms a deep emotional bond with one another, one recruit has a shocking exit.
- 09 Survival Thu 23 Feb 2023 The final group of remaining recruits attempt to go behind enemy lines without being captured, and face tough lessons of survival, leadership and how to decipher a map.
- 10 Interrogation Thu 2 Mar 2023 The last remaining recruits face their final phase -- enduring the mental duress of enemy interrogation.
Season 28 episodes · 2023
- 01 Far From Home Tue 26 Sep 2023 A new troop of 14 household names face the harsh reality of winter warfare training.
- 02 Exposure Tue 3 Oct 2023 The remaining recruits are tasked with submerging themselves in icy water.
- 03 Panic Tue 10 Oct 2023 The celebrity recruits must safely protect a convoy under a surprise attack.
- 04 Character Tue 17 Oct 2023 The remaining recruits must navigate treacherous terrain while carrying a 220-pound boat.
- 05 Pressure Tue 7 Nov 2023 The remaining recruits are taken to the top of a mountain range and must crawl across a ravine.
- 06 Survival Tue 14 Nov 2023 The recruits face the most dangerous task yet -- a helicopter survival drill.
- 07 Grit Tue 21 Nov 2023 The recruits go to a remote mountain range where they must pull sleds through dangerous terrain.
- 08 Capture Tue 28 Nov 2023 The recruits are taken into the final stage of selection: 12 hours of military-grade interrogation.
Season 310 episodes · 2025
- 01 Ocean Warfare Thu 9 Jan 2025 FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, returns for a third season, enlisting a troop of household names to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This time around, the recruits will be training in Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection, and will endure the harsh reality of ocean warfare. On their way to base, and with hardly any time to get acquainted, the new recruits are faced with their first challenges which include taking a mighty leap out of a moving boat onto a helicopter, testing their endurance by treading water as a group and bungee-jumping off a 12-story viaduct.
- 02 Survival Thu 9 Jan 2025 Challenges include treading water as a group and bungee jumping off a 12-story viaduct.
- 03 Terror Thu 16 Jan 2025 The recruits are pushed to the test once again and face new challenges including escaping a boat crash, an intense combat exercise, battling against each other in an intense boat race, and hauling 500 pounds worth of supply kits up a steep mountain.
- 04 Brotherhood Thu 16 Jan 2025 The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash and an intense combat exercise.
- 05 Panic Thu 23 Jan 2025 Recruits must unlock a safe in a gas-filled room, perform a helicopter insertion into the blistering cold sea, and select recruits are forced to bury their teammates into coffins after cheating in a previous challenge.
- 06 Trust Thu 23 Jan 2025 The recruits must trust each other in order to survive.
- 07 Duty Thu 30 Jan 2025 Contestants take on a search-and-rescue course, crawl over a rope spanning a canyon and face a brutal three-stage endurance test
- 08 Resilience Thu 30 Jan 2025 The recruits undergo a search-and-rescue course, crawl along a rope suspended over a canyon, face a grueling three-stage endurance test in the mountainous terrain, and a brakeman rope challenge.
- 09 On the Run Thu 6 Feb 2025 Entering their final week of Selection, the remaining recruits are challenged mentally to harness their vulnerability and shift their mindsets to overcome the final tasks. The recruits fight the "Redman," escape an ambush and evade an enemy hunter base, and approach the most terrifying phase of the course, resistance to interrogation. As the recruits experience the most challenging part of their journey, they must try their best to conceal that they have been working with the Special Forces in order to successfully pass Selection.
- 10 Capture Thu 6 Feb 2025 As the recruits experience the most challenging part of their journey, they must try their best to conceal that they have been working with the Special Forces in order to successfully pass selection.
Season 49 episodes · 2025
- 01 Behind Enemy Lines Fri 26 Sep 2025 The recruits must repel out of a military-grade helicopter.
- 02 Survival Fri 3 Oct 2025 The recruits escape a sinking plane and fight against each other in a boxing match.
- 03 Warzone Fri 10 Oct 2025 The recruits work together to save lives and survive extraction.
- 04 Mind Set Fri 17 Oct 2025 The recruits navigate through tight tunnels and trenches.
- 05 Trust Fri 24 Oct 2025 The recruits race in the brutal heat and backwards dive in sync.
- 06 Grit Fri 31 Oct 2025 The recruits sidestep above a 200ft high canyon floor, then compete in one of the most physically brutal tasks of the season.
- 07 Composure Fri 7 Nov 2025 The recruits struggle to communicate as chaos ensues during hostage rescues.
- 08 Evasion Fri 14 Nov 2025 Extreme endurance meets heartfelt emotion.
- 09 Interrogation Fri 21 Nov 2025 The recruits are subjected to a multi-stage process of interrogation and are placed under gradually increasing duress.
Season 58 episodes · 2026
- 01 Jungle Warfare Fri 25 Sep 2026 FOX's ultimate celebrity social experiment returns, enlisting fifteen new recruits to endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This season, the recruits will be deployed deep in the Malaysian jungle. Upon arrival, they must plunge backwards from a hovering helicopter into the water below or risk failing.
- 02 Duty Fri 2 Oct 2026 The recruits work together to retrieve a supply drop while dangling from a ladder 300 feet above the jungle canopy; a grueling obstacle course through the dense jungle tests the recruits' mental and physical stamina.
- 03 Trust Fri 9 Oct 2026 Recruits pair off in a punishing round of hand-to-hand combat; the recruits must put the utmost trust in one another as their fate hangs off the steep edge of a cliff.
- 04 Leadership Fri 16 Oct 2026 Day four challenges some recruits to lead their team in a hostage rescue in a race against time. Tensions rise when the recruits must infiltrate an enemy compound to gather information while under a powerful gas attack.
- 05 Grit Fri 23 Oct 2026 On day five, the recruits must work together and rappel down a twenty-two-story building for an enemy extraction mission; the recruits navigate the treacherous terrain of the Malaysian jungle to clear out an abandoned camp.
- 06 Breaking Point Airs Fri 30 Oct 2026 The recruits are tasked with locating chemical weapons in underground tunnels by crawling through narrow passageways. They must then push themselves mentally and learn to control their aggression.
- 07 TBA Airs Fri 6 Nov 2026
- 08 TBA Airs Fri 13 Nov 2026